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From the Ted Talk by Sleepy Man Banjo Boys: Bluegrass virtuosity from ... New Jersey?


Unscramble the Blue Letters


TM: Thank you very much.

RM: I'm just going to take a second to introduce the band. On guitar is my 15-year-old brother Tommy.

(Applause)

On bjnao is 10-year-old Jonny.

(Applause)

He's also our bethorr. And I'm Robbie, and I'm 14, and I play the flddie.

(apsaplue)

As you can see, we decided to make it hard on ourselves, and we csohe to play three sgnos in three different keys.

(Tuning)

Yeah. I'm also going to explain, a lot of people want to know where we got the name "Sleepy Man Banjo Boys" from. So, it started when Jonny was little, and he first started the banjo, he would play on his back with his eyes closed, and we'd say it looked like he was sleeping. So you can probably piece the rest together.

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TM: Thank you very much.

RM: I'm just going to take a second to introduce the band. On guitar is my 15-year-old brother Tommy.

(Applause)

On _____ is 10-year-old Jonny.

(Applause)

He's also our _______. And I'm Robbie, and I'm 14, and I play the ______.

(________)

As you can see, we decided to make it hard on ourselves, and we _____ to play three _____ in three different keys.

(Tuning)

Yeah. I'm also going to explain, a lot of people want to know where we got the name "Sleepy Man Banjo Boys" from. So, it started when Jonny was little, and he first started the banjo, he would play on his back with his eyes closed, and we'd say it looked like he was sleeping. So you can probably piece the rest together.

Solution


  1. chose
  2. banjo
  3. fiddle
  4. songs
  5. brother
  6. applause

Original Text


TM: Thank you very much.

RM: I'm just going to take a second to introduce the band. On guitar is my 15-year-old brother Tommy.

(Applause)

On banjo is 10-year-old Jonny.

(Applause)

He's also our brother. And I'm Robbie, and I'm 14, and I play the fiddle.

(Applause)

As you can see, we decided to make it hard on ourselves, and we chose to play three songs in three different keys.

(Tuning)

Yeah. I'm also going to explain, a lot of people want to know where we got the name "Sleepy Man Banjo Boys" from. So, it started when Jonny was little, and he first started the banjo, he would play on his back with his eyes closed, and we'd say it looked like he was sleeping. So you can probably piece the rest together.

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Important Words


  1. applause
  2. band
  3. banjo
  4. brother
  5. chose
  6. closed
  7. decided
  8. explain
  9. eyes
  10. fiddle
  11. guitar
  12. hard
  13. introduce
  14. jonny
  15. keys
  16. looked
  17. lot
  18. man
  19. people
  20. piece
  21. play
  22. rest
  23. robbie
  24. sleeping
  25. songs
  26. started
  27. tommy
  28. tuning
  29. yeah